An illustrated booklet on the history and propaganda surrounding conscription in South Africa. Includes the End Conscription Campaign (ECC) declaration entitled Towards a Just Peace.
Archive record
In whose defence?: Conscription and the SADF

- Origin date
- 1984
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). In whose defence?: Conscription and the SADF. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/R-0111997
South African History Online (2016) 'In whose defence?: Conscription and the SADF', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/R-0111997 (Accessed: 25 July 2026).
South African History Online, In whose defence?: Conscription and the SADF [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/R-0111997, (accessed 25 July 2026).
"In whose defence?: Conscription and the SADF." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/R-0111997. Accessed 25 July 2026.
South African History Online. "In whose defence?: Conscription and the SADF." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/R-0111997.
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